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Looking Back: Finally, Punishment for Police Who Extract False Confessions by Torture

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2022
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Looking Back: Finally, Punishment for Police Who Extract False Confessions by Torture

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

January 23, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 22, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicte ...

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. since executions resumed in the 1970s, according to the De ...

January 22, 2022
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Death Penalty Foe Quits Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after State Resumes Executions – Governor Appoints Ex-Cop

Posted by Catherine
|Date: January 18, 2022
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Death Penalty Foe Quits Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after State Resumes Executions – Governor Appoints Ex-Cop

By Catherine Hamilton, Ashleen Herrarte and Katherine Longjohn OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The chair of the Oklah ...

By Catherine Hamilton, Ashleen Herrarte and Katherine Longjohn OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The chair of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, Adam Luck—he apparently has reservations over the death penalty—re ...

January 18, 2022
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Prosecution Recalls Witness in Quadruple Homicide Trial, Attempts to Impeach Testimony

Posted by Jake Romero
|Date: January 13, 2022
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Prosecution Recalls Witness in Quadruple Homicide Trial, Attempts to Impeach Testimony

By Jake Romero INDIO, CA — The quadruple homicide trial of Jose Larin-Garcia resumed Wednesday at the Lar ...

By Jake Romero INDIO, CA — The quadruple homicide trial of Jose Larin-Garcia resumed Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center/Riverside County Superior Court where the prosecution aimed to impeach the t ...

January 13, 2022
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Larin-Garcia Quadruple Homicide Trial Ongoing, with Testimony of Man Defense Claims is Real Murderer

Posted by Catherine
|Date: January 11, 2022
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Larin-Garcia Quadruple Homicide Trial Ongoing, with Testimony of Man Defense Claims is Real Murderer

By Catherine Hamilton RIVERSIDE, CA – The quadruple homicide trial against Jose Larin-Garcia resumed Mond ...

By Catherine Hamilton RIVERSIDE, CA – The quadruple homicide trial against Jose Larin-Garcia resumed Monday morning here in Riverside County Superior Court with testimony from John Olvera, the man the ...

January 11, 2022
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 29, 2021
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, an ...

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, and solicitor generals from across the ideological spectrum have asked the Supreme Court to revie ...

December 29, 2021
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Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

Posted by Jake Wylie
|Date: December 20, 2021
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Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

By Katherine Coviello and Jake Wylie WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report released this last week by the Death ...

By Katherine Coviello and Jake Wylie WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report released this last week by the Death Penalty Information Center highlights key developments from 2021, notably Virginia becoming th ...

December 20, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

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|Date: December 18, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals c ...

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals charged the prosecution in a trial more than 20 years ago “illegally concealed statements” that ...

December 18, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 134: Law Professor Jack Chin on Rittenhouse, Self Defense and Death Penalty

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|Date: December 13, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 134: Law Professor Jack Chin on Rittenhouse, Self Defense and Death Penalty

UC Davis Law Professor Jack Chin does just about everything and in this week’s episode, we discuss the re ...

UC Davis Law Professor Jack Chin does just about everything and in this week’s episode, we discuss the recent Rittenhouse trial and guns and self-defense; the death penalty and Julius Jones; and the S ...

December 13, 2021
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SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Fights Back, Insists He’s Dedicated to Changing ‘Broken’ Criminal Justice System, and Holding Criminals Accountable

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|Date: December 10, 2021
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SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Fights Back, Insists He’s Dedicated to Changing ‘Broken’ Criminal Justice System, and Holding Criminals Accountable

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin struck back at his critics at ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin struck back at his critics at a rally this past Monday, charging that when he entered office as the DA of San Francisco he c ...

December 10, 2021
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Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: December 08, 2021
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Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in Oklah ...

By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in Oklahoma after being convicted of murder, is set to be executed Jan. 6, despite questions of his men ...

December 08, 2021
| by Sophia Barberini

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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges ...

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges to federal appellate court rulings that allowed the consideration of evidence of ineffective a ...

December 03, 2021
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Dispatch Officer Called to Testify Regarding Quadruple Homicide in Palm Springs

Posted by Julia Urquizo
|Date: December 01, 2021
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Dispatch Officer Called to Testify Regarding Quadruple Homicide in Palm Springs

By Julia Urquizo RIVERSIDE, CA - Jose Larin Garcia’s murder trial reconvened Tuesday at the Riverside Cou ...

By Julia Urquizo RIVERSIDE, CA - Jose Larin Garcia’s murder trial reconvened Tuesday at the Riverside County Superior Court, and featured the testimony of a dispatch supervisor with the Palm Springs P ...

December 01, 2021
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Commentary: Can Governor Prevent Jones from Seeking Future Remedies? Experts Skeptical

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 24, 2021
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Commentary: Can Governor Prevent Jones from Seeking Future Remedies? Experts Skeptical

By Rory Fleming Julius Jones said he did not commit the murder of businessman Paul Howell from the beginn ...

By Rory Fleming Julius Jones said he did not commit the murder of businessman Paul Howell from the beginning, but that did not stop former Oklahoma City DA “Cowboy” Bob Macy from prosecuting him for i ...

November 24, 2021
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Julius Jones, Innocent Black Man on Death Row, Granted Stay of Execution Thursday – Gets Life Without Possibility of Parole

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: November 19, 2021
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Julius Jones, Innocent Black Man on Death Row, Granted Stay of Execution Thursday – Gets Life Without Possibility of Parole

By Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Julius Jones has a mounting group of supporters who gathered nearly ...

By Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Julius Jones has a mounting group of supporters who gathered nearly seven million signatures on his behalf and took his case in front of the parole board. But des ...

November 19, 2021
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BREAKING – Governor Commutes Jones’ Sentence to LWOP With a Twist

Posted by alexanderramirez
|Date: November 18, 2021
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BREAKING – Governor Commutes Jones’ Sentence to LWOP With a Twist

by David M. Greenwald Oklahoma City - At the last possible moment, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the ...

by David M. Greenwald Oklahoma City - At the last possible moment, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence of Julius Jones to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday. “Aft ...

November 18, 2021
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Oral Arguments about Inmate’s Religious Rights Heard in Supreme Court after Lengthy Appeals Fail at State Level

Posted by Amy Fullerton
|Date: November 14, 2021
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Oral Arguments about Inmate’s Religious Rights Heard in Supreme Court after Lengthy Appeals Fail at State Level

By Amy Fullerton WASHINGTON D.C. – Religious freedoms, which are protected by the First Amendment, have ...

By Amy Fullerton WASHINGTON D.C. – Religious freedoms, which are protected by the First Amendment, have recently made headlines when an inmate on death row pleaded—after lengthy battles at the state ...

November 14, 2021
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Facing the Death Penalty, Julius Jones Finds Oklahoma GOP Lawmakers Supporting Clemency Call to Governor

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|Date: November 12, 2021
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Facing the Death Penalty, Julius Jones Finds Oklahoma GOP Lawmakers Supporting Clemency Call to Governor

The Vanguard Staff EDMOND, OK – Julius Jones, facing the death penalty for the 1999 murder of Edmond busi ...

The Vanguard Staff EDMOND, OK – Julius Jones, facing the death penalty for the 1999 murder of Edmond businessman Paul Howell, has found help from Republican state lawmakers this week, according to a p ...

November 12, 2021
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Judge Upholds Jury’s Death Sentence Decision in Retrial of 2001 Murder of a Police Officer During Loud Music Call

Posted by Catherine
|Date: November 08, 2021
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Judge Upholds Jury’s Death Sentence Decision in Retrial of 2001 Murder of a Police Officer During Loud Music Call

By Catherine Hamilton RIVERSIDE, CA — Riverside County Superior Court Judge Charles Koosed Friday upheld ...

By Catherine Hamilton RIVERSIDE, CA — Riverside County Superior Court Judge Charles Koosed Friday upheld the jury’s recommendation for a death penalty sentence in the retrial of 2001 murder case again ...

November 08, 2021
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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

Posted by Catherine
|Date: November 03, 2021
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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial D ...

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial District County in Bastrop County, Texas, late Monday declined to advise the Texas Court of Crim ...

November 03, 2021
| by Catherine

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